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Various organisations established by United Nations

The United Nations has set up many organisatons such as :-

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATION

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATION , SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN EMERGENCY FUND

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION

WORLD BANK

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION(WHO)

Health for all is the main aim of World health organisation that was established in the year 1948.Its headquaters were established at Switzerland. It helps its member sates to reinforce their health systems including building up of infrastructure development of human resource and provision of essential drugs.

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION(FAO)

FAO aims at raising levels of nutrition and standard of living of the people , improving the production and distribution of all food items and agricultural products....also improving the conditions of the rural population.this also combats many animal diseases.along with thatit also promotes investments in agriulture for betterment of natural resources.....

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL,SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANISATION(UNESCO)

UNESCO was established in 1946 with its headquaters at Paris. It promotes world peace through cooperation in educational , scientific and cultural fields.It also preserves the cultural heritage...It assists the member states to preserve and protect their monuments,rare manuscripts and works of arts.India is one of its important members.It has even played avery significant role in the field of communication.....

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN FUND (UNICEF)

UNICEF is the only U.N. agency which is exclusively dedicated to to the cause of children and women,especially in the developing countries.It was set up in the year1946 as a temperory agency under the name United Nations Children Emergency Fund and was declared a permanent aency in the year 1956 due to its immense progress in the same field.Its name was changed to United Nation Children's Emergency Fund but its symbol remaained the same.

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO)

It became the first specialsed agency of the United Nations in 1946. Its headquaters were present in Switzerland . Only ILO is the agency which is a nobel prize winner in the year 1969.Its main aim is to work for social, labour welfare and human rights.It promotes justice for people working everywhere....whether it is a labour or a high official...it also formulates to improve the condition of the industrial workers.

WORLD BANK

World bank is a combination of fine institutes:-

1. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
2. International Finance Corporation
3. International Development Association
4. Multilateral Investment - Gaurantee agency
5. International Centre for Settlement of Investment disputes

The world Bank and its four constitutes are situated at Washington D.C. at U.S.A.

It has even started many programmes to improve the condition of the world eological balance...

United Nations Environmental Programmes (UNEP)

They have established an United nations Environmental Programmes...The UN Environment Programme (or UNEP) coordinates United Nations environmental activities, assisting developing countries in implementing environmentally sound policies and encourages sustainable development through sound environmental practices. It was founded as a result of the United Nations ....Conference on the Human Environment in December 1972 and is headquartered in Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya. UNEP also has six regional offices and various country offices.

Its activities cover a wide range of issues regarding the atmosphere, marine and terrestrial ecosystems. It has played a significant role in developing international environmental conventions, promoting environmental science and information and illustrating the way those can work in conjunction with policy, working on the development and implementation of policy with national governments and regional institution and working in conjunction with environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). UNEP has also been active in funding and implementing environmentally related development projects.

The United Nations

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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. The United Nations was founded in 1945 to replace the League of Nations, in the hope that it would intervene in conflicts between nations and thereby avoid war. The organization began with fifty countries signing the United Nations Charter. The organization's structure still reflects in some ways the circumstances of its founding. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council, each of which has veto power on any UN resolution, are the main victors of World War II or their successor states (alphabetical order): the People's Republic of China (which replaced the Republic of China); the French Republic; the Russian Federation (which replaced the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics); the United Kingdom; and the United States of America.

The six principle oprgans of United Nations are:-

General Assembly

Security Council

Economic andTrusteeship council

International Court of Justice

Secretariat

Trusteeship council

GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The United Nations General Assembly (GA, UNGA) is one of the five principal organs of the United Nations. It is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations. It is made up of all United Nations member states and meets in regular yearly sessions under a president elected from among the representatives. As the only UN organ in which all members are represented, the Assembly serves as a forum for members to discuss issues of international law and to make decisions regarding the functioning of the organization.

THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE

The key principle is that the Court only has jurisdiction on the basis of consent. The court has no true compulsory jurisdiction. Jurisdiction is often a key question for the Court, because it is challenged by the respondent. At the Preliminary Objections phase, a respondent may challenge (i) jurisdiction and/or (ii) admissibility of the case. Article 36 outlines four bases on which the Court's jurisdiction may be founded. Only states may be parties in contentious cases before the ICJ. Individuals, corporations, parts of a federal state, NGOs, UN organs and self-determination groups are excluded from direct participation in cases, although the Court may receive information from public international organisations. This does not preclude non-state interests from being the subject of proceedings if one state brings the case against another. For example, a state may, in case of "diplomatic protection", bring a case on behalf of one of its nationals or corporations.

SECURITY COUNCIL
It is the most powerful organ of the United Nations.It is responsible for security and peace in the world.It comprises of 15 member states out of which only 5 are permanent.Its main function is to recommend General assembly for the addmission of its members to theUnited Nations.

Trusteeship Council

It was established to ensure the administrationand development of the areas which were not able to govern themselves.all those countries are now governed by the Trusteeship Coucil....

THE SECRETARIAT
The secretariat is headed by the secretary general.It serves the needs of various organs aoU.N. as well as representatives of the member countries .There are about 170 countries' workers approximately 50,000 in number so its strength is alot more than members of any other organ's .

THE ECONOMIC AND TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL

It discusses and tries to solve the economic , social , cultural , economic , humanitarian etc. problems of the United Nations . It especially serves the women and the problems of the children . it also co-ordinatethe activities of various problems of United Nations.

written by kanupriya